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*Reeve, Vera. compiler. ''Register of Qualified Huguenot Ancestors: The National Huguenot Society''. Third Edition, Washington, DC: the Society, 1983. (Family History Library book {{FHL|55570|title-id|disp=973 D2rq}}.) Genealogies and sources. See also the 1995 supplement (Family History Library book {{FHL|771567|title-id|disp=973 D2rq 1992 suppl}}.){{dead link}} | *Reeve, Vera. compiler. ''Register of Qualified Huguenot Ancestors: The National Huguenot Society''. Third Edition, Washington, DC: the Society, 1983. (Family History Library book {{FHL|55570|title-id|disp=973 D2rq}}.) Genealogies and sources. See also the 1995 supplement (Family History Library book {{FHL|771567|title-id|disp=973 D2rq 1992 suppl}}.){{dead link}} | ||
'''Germans'''. German "Palatines" came in 1709/10 to the upper Hudson Valley, near present-day Germantown, Columbia County. Many had been lured to America after reading the "Golden Book," published by British authorities, to promote the colonization of America, which | '''Germans'''. German "Palatines" came in 1709/10 to the upper Hudson Valley, near present-day Germantown, Columbia County. Many had been lured to America after reading the "Golden Book," published by British authorities, to promote the colonization of America, which portrayed the New World as a paradise. Some lived in England for a few years. After arriving in New York and working in the tar and naval stores industries to pay off their passage, they found themselves landless when the British failed to keep their agreement to grant each immigrant 40 acres of land in New York. Many migrated to the unsettled Schoharie Valley backcountry and purchased land from Indians. 1709ers include Valentin Bresseler (ancestor of Elvis Presley) and Jost Hite "Baron of the Shenandoah."<ref name="hank" /> | ||
Henry "Hank" Jones is the leading authority on these immigrants. He has identified the origins of 600 of the 847 Palatine families involved in this migration.<ref name="hank">Henry Z. Jones Jr., "Some Newly-Discovered German Origins for the Palatine Families of New York-1710," ''The American Genealogist,'' Vol. 85, No. 1 (Jan. 2011):46-62.</ref> Three principal sources documenting the identities of individuals involved in this large migration are: (1) The Rotterdam Sailing Lists of 1709 (Holland), (2) The London Census of Palatines of 1709 (England), (3) The Hunter Subsistence Lists 1710-1712 (New York). His chief German researcher, Carla Mittelstaedt-Kubaseck literally went village to village searching old church books seeking 1709ers origins. Despite the term "Palatine," Jones discovered that many of the families did not originate in the area of Germany known as the "Palatinate" (''Pfalz'' in German). "Palatine" was a term applied to Germans in general. Many of the migrants came from the same hometowns. His findings, which included beautiful photographs of the villages where immigrants originated, and the old churches where they worshipped, have been published: | Henry "Hank" Jones is the leading authority on these immigrants. He has identified the origins of 600 of the 847 Palatine families involved in this migration.<ref name="hank">Henry Z. Jones Jr., "Some Newly-Discovered German Origins for the Palatine Families of New York-1710," ''The American Genealogist,'' Vol. 85, No. 1 (Jan. 2011):46-62.</ref> Three principal sources documenting the identities of individuals involved in this large migration are: (1) The Rotterdam Sailing Lists of 1709 (Holland), (2) The London Census of Palatines of 1709 (England), (3) The Hunter Subsistence Lists 1710-1712 (New York). His chief German researcher, Carla Mittelstaedt-Kubaseck literally went village to village searching old church books seeking 1709ers origins. Despite the term "Palatine," Jones discovered that many of the families did not originate in the area of Germany known as the "Palatinate" (''Pfalz'' in German). "Palatine" was a term applied to Germans in general. Many of the migrants came from the same hometowns. His findings, which included beautiful photographs of the villages where immigrants originated, and the old churches where they worshipped, have been published: | ||
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*Jones, Henry Z., Jr. "Some Newly-Discovered German Origins for the Palatine Families of New York-1710," ''The American Genealogist,'' Vol. 85, No. 1 (Jan. 2011):46-62. | *Jones, Henry Z., Jr. "Some Newly-Discovered German Origins for the Palatine Families of New York-1710," ''The American Genealogist,'' Vol. 85, No. 1 (Jan. 2011):46-62. | ||
Jones shares the following strategies, learned from experience, for genealogists who wish to trace the German origins of Colonial Americans: | Jones shares the following strategies, learned from experience, for genealogists who wish to trace the German origins of Colonial Americans: | ||
#Study the neighbors | #Study the neighbors | ||
#Study the sponsors | #Study the sponsors | ||
#Use original sources | #Use original sources | ||
#Remember even original sources may be wrong | #Remember even original sources may be wrong | ||
#Study naming and spelling patterns | #Study naming and spelling patterns | ||
#Use family traditions as guides, never gospel | #Use family traditions as guides, never gospel | ||
#Use indices with caution | #Use indices with caution | ||
#Follow your intuition as well as your intellect in genealogical searches<ref>Henry Z. Jones, ''The Palatine Families of New York: A Study of the German Immigrants Who Arrived in Colonial New York in 1710'' (Universal City, Calif.: H.Z. Jones, 1985), iv-xxvii. {{FHL|237941|item|disp=FHL Books 974.7 D2j v. 1-v. 2}}.</ref> | #Follow your intuition as well as your intellect in genealogical searches<ref>Henry Z. Jones, ''The Palatine Families of New York: A Study of the German Immigrants Who Arrived in Colonial New York in 1710'' (Universal City, Calif.: H.Z. Jones, 1985), iv-xxvii. {{FHL|237941|item|disp=FHL Books 974.7 D2j v. 1-v. 2}}.</ref> | ||
Many of these families appear in Reformed and Lutheran church books in New York.<ref>Henry Z. Jones, ''More Palatine Families: Some Immigrants to the Middle Colonies, 1717-1776, and Their European Origins, Plus New Discoveries on German Families Who Arrived in Colonial New York in 1710'' (Universal City, Calif.: H.Z. Jones, c1991), xxi-xxiv. {{FHL|438977|item|disp=FHL Book 974.7 D2ja}}.</ref> | Many of these families appear in Reformed and Lutheran church books in New York.<ref>Henry Z. Jones, ''More Palatine Families: Some Immigrants to the Middle Colonies, 1717-1776, and Their European Origins, Plus New Discoveries on German Families Who Arrived in Colonial New York in 1710'' (Universal City, Calif.: H.Z. Jones, c1991), xxi-xxiv. {{FHL|438977|item|disp=FHL Book 974.7 D2ja}}.</ref> | ||
Before 1776 Germans and Dutch settled the Mohawk Valley. <br> | Before 1776 Germans and Dutch settled the Mohawk Valley. <br> | ||
Dr. Marianne S. Wokeck created a detailed list of "German Immigrant Voyages, 1683-1775" to Colonial America. Destinations include New York (1708-1766). She published the list in an Appendix to: | Dr. Marianne S. Wokeck created a detailed list of "German Immigrant Voyages, 1683-1775" to Colonial America. Destinations include New York (1708-1766). She published the list in an Appendix to: | ||
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'''Other Groups'''. Records of major ethnic groups, including Dutch, Swedes, German, French Huguenots, Quakers, and Jews, are listed in the Family History Library Catalog Locality Search under: | '''Other Groups'''. Records of major ethnic groups, including Dutch, Swedes, German, French Huguenots, Quakers, and Jews, are listed in the Family History Library Catalog Locality Search under: | ||
NEW YORK - MINORITIES. | NEW YORK - MINORITIES. | ||
=== Migration Patterns === | === Migration Patterns === | ||